User's Manual

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About OpenManage Essentials
OpenManage Essentials is a hardware management application that provides a comprehensive view of
Dell systems, devices, and components in the enterprise’s network. With OpenManage Essentials, a web-
based and one‑to‑many systems management application for Dell systems and other devices, you can:
• Discover and inventory the system.
• Monitor the health of the system.
• View and manage system alerts.
• Perform system updates and remote tasks.
• View hardware inventory and compliance reports.
What is New in This Release
• Addition of a device group for PowerEdge FX, Dell NAS appliances, and Network Appliances in the
device tree. See Device Summary Page.
• Support for OpenManage Mobile — An Android application that allows you to remotely connect to
one or more OpenManage Essentials consoles and iDRACs. See OpenManage Mobile Settings.
• Availability of Representational State Transfer (REST) interfaces that allow applications to retrieve
device groups and device inventory information, alert information, and perform basic tasks.
• Support for Dell SonicWALL firewall devices.
• Support for Dell PowerConnect W-Series devices.
• Support for Dell PowerEdge VRTX chassis with high availability (HA) support.
• Support for Brocade Fibre Channel switches.
• Support for Dell OEM servers.
• Classification of Dell PowerVault MD NX3500 and Dell EqualLogic FS7500 NAS devices with Fluid File
System (FluidFS) agent under Storage Devices → Dell NAS Appliances in the device tree.
• Addition of Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 as a supported operating system for the management
station.
• Ability to display alert pop-up notifications on the console. See Alert Pop-Up Notifications.
• Support for enhanced error messaging for system update tasks.
• Availability of enhanced inventory information for Dell Compellent devices.
• Availability of Remaining Rated Write Endurance status for SAS and SATA SSD attached to a
PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) 8.
• Support for the installation of OpenManage Essentials in 64-bit operating systems only.
Other Information You May Need
In addition to this guide, you may require the following documents:
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